legalize

1. To make legal or permit under law. Either by decriminalising something that has been illegal or by specifically permitting it.

   There is a debate whether or not to legalize some of the softer drugs.

   legalisieren

   легализова́тьlegalizovátʹ, легализи́роватьlegalizírovatʹ, узако́ниватьuzakónivatʹ

   легалізува́тиlehalizuváty, узако́нюватиuzakónjuvaty, узако́нитиuzakónyty

   make legal

1. Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage today.

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2. Are you in favor of legalizing abortion, Mary?

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3. Certain things are easier to legalize than legitimize.

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4. Capitalism is legalized robbery by the ruling class.

   deDer Kapitalismus ist legalisierter Raub der herrschenden Klasse.

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5. The government is nothing but a mafia legalizing itself.

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